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Rattlesden
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1966
(© Harry Holmes)
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Rattlesden
airfield
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Airfield Today:
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Agriculture,
gliding
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Tower Type:
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Watch Office for Night
Fighter Stations 4533/42
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Tower:
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Gliding
Clubhouse
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Other
Buildings:
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Many
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History:
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 12/42 to
4/43, Ground personnel of the 322nd BG, moved to Rougham.11/43 to 7/45, 708th, 709th, 710th and 711th Bombardment Squadrons of the 447th BG (Heavy) equipped with the B-17 Flying Fortress arrived from the USA, first mission 24/12/43, total of 257 missions flown for the loss of 257 B-17's. 
10/10/45 to 15/8/46, transferred to the RAF, used as a food depot until
closed. Used as a Bloodhound missile station in the 1960s, land sold 1966. |
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1945
(© USAAF)
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8th USAAF Station
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Airfield:
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Operational Bomber Station
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Opened:
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12/42
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Closed:
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8/46
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ID Code:
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RS
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USAAF Station:
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126
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Runways:
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3 concrete, tarmac
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Hangars:
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2x - T2
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County:
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Suffolk
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Location:
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9 miles SE of Bury St
Edmunds
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OS Ref:
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TL961560
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Links:
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©:
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Photographs ©
as stated
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2001
(© Robert Truman)
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Left: Memorial to the 447th BG Right: Memorial to Medal of Honor winner 2nd Lt Robert Femoyer, 711th Sqn, KIA 2/11/44 |
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RAF
Rattlesden airfield 447th BG
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RAF
Rattlesden airfield + control tower = www.controltowers.co.uk © robert
truman 2001
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